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===by Sir Thomas Craig=== | ===by Sir Thomas Craig=== | ||
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| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Craig_(jurist) Thomas Craig] (c. 1538 – February 26, 1608) was a Scottish lawyer, jurist, and poet. He studied at St. Leonard's College in St. Andrews and at the University of Paris. In 1563, he was admitted as an advocate<ref> | ||
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| − | + | [[File:Jus_Feudale.jpeg|right|thumb|200px|<center>Title Page</center>]] | |
==Bibliographic Information== | ==Bibliographic Information== | ||
'''Author:''' Sir Thomas Craig | '''Author:''' Sir Thomas Craig | ||
| − | '''Title:''' Jus Feudale: Tribus Libris Comprehensum: Quibus Non Solùm Consuetudines Feudales, & Praediorum Jura, Quae in Scotia, Anglia & Plerisque Galliae Locis Obtinent, Continentur; Sed Universum Jus Scoticum, & Omnes Ferè Materiae Juris Clarè & Dilucidè Exponuntur, & Ad Fontes Juris Feudalis & Civilis Singula Reducuntur | + | '''Title:''' ''Jus Feudale: Tribus Libris Comprehensum: Quibus Non Solùm Consuetudines Feudales, & Praediorum Jura, Quae in Scotia, Anglia & Plerisque Galliae Locis Obtinent, Continentur; Sed Universum Jus Scoticum, & Omnes Ferè Materiae Juris Clarè & Dilucidè Exponuntur, & Ad Fontes Juris Feudalis & Civilis Singula Reducuntur''. |
'''Published:''' Edinburgi: Apud Thos. & Walt. Ruddimannos, 1732. | '''Published:''' Edinburgi: Apud Thos. & Walt. Ruddimannos, 1732. | ||
| − | '''Edition:''' | + | '''Edition:''' Third edition. |
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| + | [[File:Jus_Feudale_Craig_Portrait.jpg|left|thumb|200px|<center>Engraved Frontispiece</center>]] | ||
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library== | ||
| + | Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Cragii Jus feudale.fol.'' This was one of the books kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]] and later sold to the Library of Congress in 1815. The [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref> Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> includes the 1732 edition, based on Millicent Sowerby's entry in ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'',<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ""Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'' 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 2:210.</ref> while [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on June 27, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe </ref> on LibraryThing indicates "precise edition unknown; folio editions were published in 1655 and 1732." | ||
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy== | ==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy== | ||
| − | + | Rebound in late twentieth century cloth with four raised bands and giltPunched "Biddle Library Univ. Penn." | |
===References=== | ===References=== | ||
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Revision as of 14:19, 8 July 2013
by Sir Thomas Craig
Thomas Craig (c. 1538 – February 26, 1608) was a Scottish lawyer, jurist, and poet. He studied at St. Leonard's College in St. Andrews and at the University of Paris. In 1563, he was admitted as an advocateCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag includes the 1732 edition, based on Millicent Sowerby's entry in Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,[1] while George Wythe's Library[2] on LibraryThing indicates "precise edition unknown; folio editions were published in 1655 and 1732."
Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy
Rebound in late twentieth century cloth with four raised bands and giltPunched "Biddle Library Univ. Penn."
References
- ↑ E. Millicent Sowerby, ""Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 2:210.
- ↑ LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on June 27, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe
